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- 25 Feb 2020
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Ellen Pao (MBA 1998)
made for me: This person had to have studied either computer science or electrical engineering and have a JD and an MBA. They had to have worked at a big software company and a successful startup. The kicker was they had to speak...
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April White; photo by Eric Millette
- February 2022
- Case
NFX Capital and Moov Technologies
By: Scott Duke Kominers and Nicole Tempest Keller
In July 2019, James Currier, a general partner at San Francisco-based NFX Ventures, was considering a seed stage investment of $1.5 million in Moov Technologies, a B2B marketplace for used industrial equipment. NFX was a venture capital firm focused on seed-stage...
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Venture Capital;
Network Effects;
Marketplace Matching;
Digital Platforms;
Market Design;
Applications and Software;
Semiconductor Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
San Francisco
Kominers, Scott Duke, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "NFX Capital and Moov Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 822-045, February 2022.
- 2022
- Working Paper
Human-Computer Interactions in Demand Forecasting and Labor Scheduling Decisions
By: Caleb Kwon, Ananth Raman and Jorge Tamayo
We empirically analyze how managerial overrides to a commercial algorithm that forecasts demand and schedules labor affect store performance. We analyze administrative data from a large grocery retailer that utilizes a commercial algorithm to forecast demand and...
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Employees;
Human Capital;
Performance;
Applications and Software;
Management Skills;
Management Practices and Processes;
Retail Industry
Kwon, Caleb, Ananth Raman, and Jorge Tamayo. "Human-Computer Interactions in Demand Forecasting and Labor Scheduling Decisions." Working Paper, December 2022. (R&R Management Science.)
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Hands-on Simulations Complement the Case Method
the case method by giving students the opportunity to take action and see the consequences,” says Vicky Keirnan, who oversees the creation of these and other learning tools at HBS. Keirnan and her staff work with a software development...
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Educational Innovation
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Adapting to Meet Changing Needs
studio enables powerful virtual learning experiences. Working with HBX content developers, research associates, and production and film crews, Mayo and Margolis developed HBX cases from scratch based on interviews with protagonists in companies across the globe. They...
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- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Joel Bines
move to Dallas after Bines graduates. He has accepted a position with i2 Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of planning and optimization software for global supply-chain management. "I enjoy operations," Bines explains, "but I also...
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Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Donna L. Dubinsky, MBA 1981
high impact." After a series of promotions, she became a member of the founding executive team of Apple software spin-off Claris, where, as VP international, she grew international revenue to 50 percent of the business. In 1992 she met...
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Kevin Barenblat Archives | Social Enterprise
Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact 1 Results Tech Accelerator for Nonprofits Supports Impact that Scales Kevin Barenblat 27 Jul 2017 Five years ago my social...
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- 02 Mar 2023
- News
Carbon's Second Act
long second act in the software sector. But about five years ago, he decided it was time for a big change. Todd Brix: I had learned enough about software and had enough time in the View Details
- September 2006 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
QuickBase
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Mark Szigety
Describes the challenge that engineers and marketing executives at Intuit Corp. faced when finding markets and applications for their QuickBase product. The breakthrough occurred when they abandoned their conventional modes of market segmentation, and instead strove to...
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact Tech Accelerator for Nonprofits Supports Impact that Scales Kevin Barenblat 27 Jul 2017 Five years ago my social marketing View Details
- 11 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Adding Time to Activity-Based Costing
McKinsey to found Acorn Systems where he developed software to incorporate time equations into ABC. The software modeled how, for example, the time to process a customer order would vary depending on whether...
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by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
of a mini refrigerator and stacked on top of other line equipment. Better yet, this tighter integration would greatly reduce the manufacturing costs. The second technology was Windows NT. Teradyne's test systems included various software...
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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Fighting the diabetes epidemic using mobile phones
people worldwide who suffer from this often-fatal disease. With a goal of reversing “diabesity”—the twin epidemic of diabetes and obesity that is engulfing the developing world—Jana Care is building biosensors and software apps that can...
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- 16 May 2017
- News
Facing the Board
The risk would be giving up their competitive advantage, but Goedertier said, if BlackRock doesn’t do it, a software company would come up with a similar product, so they should capitalize on it now. On the issue of the 64 million share...
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- March 2002 (Revised August 2002)
- Case
Microsoft.NET
By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman
Set in the summer of 2000, following the unveiling of Microsoft's .NET initiative to the public. Three of the key figures in .NET's development are considering the next steps they would have to take to keep the initiative moving forward. Specifically, the challenges...
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Applications and Software;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Change Management;
Talent and Talent Management;
Policy;
Business Model;
Computer Industry;
Web Services Industry
MacCormack, Alan D., and Kerry Herman. "Microsoft.NET." Harvard Business School Case 602-086, March 2002. (Revised August 2002.)
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Venture Capital: Hot Markets and Current Industry Trends
added. Neeraj Agrawal, Senior Associate, Battery Ventures, said he's interested in enterprise software and data center automation, but not so keen on customer relations management or wireless. "The shine's off that apple." We're...
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by Julia Hanna
- Profile
Jeff Bussgang
Even a quick glance at Jeff Bussgang’s resume reveals a deep commitment to entrepreneurial innovation. After playing a leading role at Open Market, an Internet commerce software firm that grew to $100 million in revenues and a successful...
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Data Science for Managers 2 - Course Catalog
the computing software R, students will gain familiarity with SQL to manage relational databases. Educational Objectives DSM2 builds on the foundations developed in DSM1 to provide students with an understanding of how to create, design,...
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- 10 Aug 2017
- News
Into the Light
is in energy efficiency. She was an early employee of OPower, a software company that provides utilities, and their customers, better information about energy usage. After the company’s IPO, in 2014, Poindexter took a step back to...
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